Excited to see all the hard work put into practice

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

The new weekend schedule went surprisingly well. It would have worked better if the little ones had slept a little later on so I could do my workout in peace, but otherwise it went very well. Doing the stretching, sit ups and push ups did not affect my ability to run at all, and the fresh energy from a Friday off helped carry through the rest of the weekend.

Sunday's Run

Went very well, I guaged the distance just about right for my route. Cranked out nearly 6 miles in an hour. Only slowed for a couple short walks. Spotty as awlays was the mighty pace dog, kind of hard to go to slow with her dragging me along. Changed things up by bringing along a water bottle to take sips from, and I think that helped towards the end, where I tend to really die down. So between getting stronger and adding that little bit of added energy I felt stronger at the end than the last couple of long runs.

Sunday afternoon after a family birthday party we took all the kids to a park, and we started up an informal game of kickball. And I got to really run for the first time since I started the exercise last year. And boy did it feel good, to really sprint, and feel that I was outracing people for a change. And to have the energy to do something like that. On Saturday James and I were walking downtown and he out the blue took of running to race me, and I was able to take off and keep up with him. It's not so much that I was able to keep up with him, it's that I can do that for more than a couple of yards now, that's the real difference.